Rekitei Prize (formerly Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize) とうそんきねんれきていしょう
Edition 55 (2017)
Winners
2 peopleKenichi Kurahashi's "Useru Kokyo" is a poetry collection in which supple utterance crosses with a will toward life and the present. Through deepening seasons, solitude, and bodily perception, it renders the loss of home and the resolve to stand in the present in firm language.
A poetry collection where a vanishing home and a will toward the present cross through the deepening seasons.
Takashi Kuroiwa's "Aogaya" is a poetry collection that layers moments flickering in darkness over the light and color of changing seasons. Images of an empty apartment, a pier, stone Buddhas, bellflowers, and blue sky illuminate the space between memory and landscape.
A poetry collection that layers flickering time in darkness over the light and color of recurring seasons.